US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 03/06/12 By Tierney Sneed Violent protests in Afghanistan after an inadvertent Koran-burning lead some to argue that it is time for America to get out Three months since withdrawing from Iraq, the Obama administration is acknowledging the challenges American forces are facing in another President […]
Huffington Post 03/01/2012 By Max Rosenthal WASHINGTON — Defense spending has boomed in the post-9/11 era, creating new jobs and programs to support American military operations around the world. But a new report released last week by the Institute for Economics and Peace says that war expenditures create as much […]
The New Statesman 12/13/2011 By Mehdi Hasan Secular commentators dismiss religion as a malign force in the world. But from Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi to the Arab spring, faith is inspiring the new peaceful protest. The names Yahya Shurbaji and Ghiyath Matar might mean little to people outside Syria. […]
Russia Today 10/07/2011 As America marks the 10th year of war in Afghanistan, the world is calling it the longest and the most expensive US war ever. And as Michael Shank from George Mason University told RT, the war is a failure in all ways. “The war in Afghanistan is […]
The Hill 09/07/2011 By Kris Kitto While many Washingtonians headed to the beach, a bipartisan group of congressional staffers spent part of their August recess in Cameroon, helping the African nation distribute millions of mosquito nets in an organized effort to prevent malaria. They were joined by Hollywood star Mandy […]
Foreign Policy Magazine 08/17/2011 NPR By Josh Rogin At least there’s one person who is bringing Democrats and Republicans together this summer. Actress, singer, and humanitarian Mandy Moore recently led a bipartisan delegation of congressional staffers on a trip to Cameroon to promote foreign aid and disease prevention there. Moore […]
Roll Call 08/15/2011 By Neda Semnani Mandy Moore and a bipartisan delegation of senior House staffers were in Cameroon last week helping launch a national malaria campaign. “A long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito net is a mere $10 and gives years of protection to impoverished Cameroonians, who comprise nearly half of the […]
The Atlantic 06/27/2011 By Conor Friedersdorf Thoughts on the conflict as it reaches a milestone the American people never expected 1) The NATO campaign in Libya turns 100 days old today. It’s as good a time as any to ask about the end game. Is Muammar Qaddafi going to retain […]
Salon 06/25/2011 By Glenn Greenwald “Broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake” — President Barack Obama, March 28, 2011, describing to the nation the U.S’s role in the War in Libya (more than a week after he began it). “The White House strongly denied Tuesday […]
Foreign Policy Magazine 06/24/2011 By Josh Rogin Obama administration officials are claiming a partial victory today because the House rejected a measure to defund the Libya war, even after rejecting a separate measure that would have authorized the war. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story. Secretary of State […]